{"id":14016,"date":"2025-11-28T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=14016"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:15:52","slug":"barn-owl-babies-separated-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/barn-owl-babies-separated-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Owl Babies Separated From Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14018\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14018\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/barn-owl-wes-2511-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"two young barn owls on perch in enclosure\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/barn-owl-wes-2511-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/barn-owl-wes-2511-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/barn-owl-wes-2511-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/barn-owl-wes-2511.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Wildcare Eastern Sierra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The following story about barn owls was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eswildcare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildcare Eastern Sierra<\/a> in California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In April, a woman in Inyo County bought a stack of hay and had it transported to her property. Upon receiving the hay, she found that there was a nest of four baby barn owls who had been transported away from their parents. She contacted Wildcare Eastern Sierra and transported them to our center.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Wildcare received the babies, they had been without food for four days! Wildcare tube-fed the baby barn owls with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> to help get them nutrients quickly after the long time without food. Wildcare weaned them back onto whole food over the next couple of days. The babies reacted well and were able to pick up and eat the food on their own within only a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p>The baby barn owls spent the next several months at Wildcare Eastern Sierra growing up and learning to hunt. 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